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Match Centre: Atlanta United vs Sporting KC

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Major League Soccer Regular Season Mon 24 Aug

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Jacob 13′Picault 24′

Full-time 2:1
Away Sporting KC

Afrifa 70′

Player of the match Tomás Jacob 7.8

GolVolt ratingSkip it 0.5/10 more watchable than 5% of MLS matches Few chances, settled by 81′. How we rate

GolVolt rating 0.5GolVolt rating

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The match in 30 seconds

Turning point: 13' Jacob, 1:0
  1. 29 → 27

    Atlanta United climb 2 places in the table. Sporting KC stay in place 30.

The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 54% to 76% (Atlanta United).

How the match went

One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.

90+5' · 2:1Atlanta United 90%draw 7%Sporting KC 3%

Key stats

49% Possession 51%
1.57 xG (expected goals) 0.98
8 Shots 8
3 On target 1
1 Corners 2
30 Dangerous attacks 38
All stats (17)

Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate

Few chances, settled by 81′.

  • Dramaweight 50% Settled by 81′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.2 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Nobody stood out. Heroes: 0.4 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 0.3 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 0.6 out of 10

Match ECG

A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.

Worth watching: Skip it

GolVolt rating 0.5more watchable than 5% of MLS matches

The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).

Similar matches

A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.

How the match went

3 goals3 cards

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal: Tomás Jacobright foot · assist: Almirón1:0
  2. 22' Emir Karicyellow card · foul
  3. 24' Goal: Fafà Picaultright foot · assist: Báez2:0
  4. 45+2' SubstitutionReynolds for Davis
  5. Half-time · 2:0
  6. 62' 2 substitutionsAfrifa for CalheiraReid for Karic
  7. 62' 2 substitutionsBrennan for GillReilly for Picault
  8. 70' Goal: Stephen Afrifaleft foot · assist: Reid2:1
  9. 72' Luke Brennanyellow card · foul
  10. 73' SubstitutionGregersen for Díaz
  11. 76' Elías Báezyellow card · time-wasting
  12. 77' SubstitutionAlzate for Sanchez
  13. 78' SubstitutionEdwards for Brennan
  14. 87' SubstitutionBartlett for Capita
  15. Full-time · 2:1

Match stats

Shooting

1.57 xG (expected goals) 0.98
8 Shots 8
3 On target 1
4 Off target 5

Play

49% Possession 51%
1 Corners 2
520 Passes 525
86% Pass accuracy 89%
56 Attacks 54
30 Dangerous attacks 38

Defence

14 Tackles 12
7 Interceptions 10
0 Saves 1

Discipline

8 Fouls 13
1 Offsides 1
2 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

4-3-3 –4-4-2
Bench

Atlanta United

Sporting KC

Match sheet

Stadium
Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · Atlanta United Tomás Jacob 7.82
  2. 2. place · Atlanta United Miguel Almirón  7.80
  3. 3. place · Atlanta United Fafà Picault 7.53
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